Evaluation and improvement of the Community Land Model (CLM4) in Oregon forests

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 453-470

  Hudiburg, T W ^a   Law, B E ^b   Thornton, P E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON BUDGET; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LEAF AREA; MORTALITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOMASS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84873878382     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-453-2013     Document Type: Article

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